Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
through with suspicion, and psnics are
only the rs II Of rant ox cnnndEncs.

only the result OF want CT confidence.
The pressure 70 Go Tfoas is ali the
stronger from tsc fact thne 10 our day the
large business houses &c eS1clloCfng up
the smaller, the whales dining on plue
fish end minpows. The large houses un-
dersell the small ones because they can
AFFORD it. They can eford to make
nothing, or actually loee, on some styles
Of goods, assured they cen make it up on
others. So great dry goods house goes
outside of its regular line and
sells books at cost or less than
cost, aud that swnmps the book
sellers; or, the dry goods house sells
brio brac 81 lowest figures, that svaInps
the small deeler IN brio brac. AND the
same thing goes on in other styles OF
merchandise, and the consequence is that
all along the business streets OF our
cities there are merchants OF small cspl-
tai who are in i terrible struggle TO keep
their heads above water. The Cunarders
run down the Newfoundland fishing
smaCks. There IS nothing against the
man who hes the Dig store, for every man
has es large store end as great busi-
ness IS be can manage. To feel right
and do right under all this pressure re-
QuiTes martyr grace, requires divine sup
port, requires celestial reinforcement
Yet there are ters of thousands Of such
men getting spiepdi0ly through. Tney
see others going up ond themselves going
down, but they keep their patience, and
their courage, and their Christian cen
sistgGCy, ana after awhile their tgrn of
success will come. The owners CT the
big business Will die and their boys will
geV possession Of the business, and, with
CIGAR IN THBIR MOUTH,
AID full 10 the chin OF the bes5 liquor, s7d
behind e pair Of spanking bays they Titi
pass everything ca tae turnpike rOsd to
temporal uud eternal perditi0n. Then
the business will brea& 10 aud the smaller
dealers VIII have fair opportunity. Or
the spirit CT contentmeI5 aGQ Sigh: feel
ing will s7ae po05es8i0n CT the large firm,
81 recently in the cEse Of tie great
great house Of A. A. Low & Co., End the
firm will say: eve have enough money
;or sl our needs, and the needs OF cur
children; nov let US dissolve business
and make way for other men IN the same
line" instead of being startled at solt-
t.ry instance Of magnanimI:y, as in the
case just mentioned, il will become &
common thing. ] know OF scores CT great
business houses mat have had their OPP
pOrtulity Of vast accumulation, and VINO
ought 10 quiS. But p@rhsps for all the
days Of this generation the struggle OF
small houses to keep alive upsar the over
shadowing pressure If great houses will
continue; therefore, taking t2ingS as they
are, you will be wise to preserve your
equilibrium, ard your honesty, and ycur
!aith, and throw over al the counters,
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and cotton a,es, and rice casks, the
measuring liae Of divine right. "And the
LOld said unto ne, AmOg, what seest
thou? and l ssid, plumb line"
Il the came way we need TO measure
car theologies. Al eorts Of religions ere
puttinE forth their pretepSiUns. 5nc
have spiritUalistic religion, and their
chief work is with ghosts, and others 9
religion Of political economy proposing
20 put III crd 10 humsn misery By neT
style of taxation, and there is humani-
tarien religion inst looks after me body
CT men and lets the
SOUL LOOK AETBR ITsRLF,
and there is q legislative religion tha'
proposes 80 rectify alI wrongs by enact
ment of better laws. aud there is an a8
! thetic religion that by rules OF exquisite
taste you'd lit the heart out Of It's de-
formilies, and religions Il all sorts-re-
ligions by the peck, religions by The
I square foot, and religions by the ton--t.l
| Of them devices Ct me devil that WoQlC
tska TIE heart swGy from She only re
iligIon that Will ever effect anything fo
the human race, and that is the straigh
up-4nd-dO~n religion written in the boot
watch begins win Genesis End ends witt
Revelation; the rcligion Of the skies, tn,
ald religion, TIE God-given religion, tn
Everlasting religion, which says: "Lov,
God sbGv" ell, and your neighbor IS your
self" Ali religions but the one begin
IT the wrong end and in the wrong place
The Bible religion demands thSt we drs
get right with Cod. II begins at the tei
and measures down, while the other re
iigions begin nt She bottom and try t
mca.ure up. They stand st the foot o
tee val, up - their knees in the mud O
human theory and speculation, end haY
6 plug ne sud ztriug lied fsst 10 it
AMl they tcTow the plunme5 this way
snd break head there; snd throw Tt
piummet SnOcher wy sud brc&l
q hesd there; and then the
tlraY It up sud * comes down on thei
own pSte Fools! WGy VIII you 6tSnt
ct the foot OF the rcll measuring Up Nne1
you ought % gard Ct the top, measuring
dowul
4 few days ago I wss IN the couutry
thirsty after c louG walk. And cSuae il
sud my child YRS bloWing Geap bubbles
1ut hey rolled out Of LIE cup, blue an
gold and gree1 sud sparkling, and oeau
;liul and or5icUlGr, ozd II 80 small
SDAce I never sew more beauty concen
treleG But she blew once too otter
snd al the glor2 vanished into sud;
Then turCed and took
GLASS oF PLAIN wE-SS.
ans vas refreshed. And SO Ear IS sOr
thir51 is concerned, pat Ggairst sL Ii
glowing, glitteying soap bubbles c
worldly reform and luIc-a speculation
one drought from the fountain from uEde
the throne u God, clear as cryst1
Glory be 10 God Tor the religion thr
drops from above, not coming up irol
!, beneath! "Aud the, Lord said unto mt
, Amos, wn.t seest thou? AND said,
! plumb line"
: want you to notice this fSct, IN:
when c uEn gives up the straight up
! and down religion IL tie Bible for aI
, new fsngied religion, Il is generally I
suit his sins. You first hear OF b
: Change O. reli eioE, aud then you hes7 (
? some swinGIe he hiss practiced IN Colo
J RADIO mixing stock. telling some one il
; will put n $4,000 De cAn take cl
/ 500, 600, OF ne has szcridced his chastit
2 or plunged iuto irremediable world
] ness. HIS sins sre SO broad he kas
I broaden his religion, and
: becomes Is broad as tempt
; +5On ga rros5 as the s0ul's dart
: ness, Ss brosd as he'll. They want r'